1941 in rail transport explained
Events
January events
February events
March events
April events
May events
June events
July events
- July 4 – In Tokyo, Japan, the Teito Rapid Transit Authority is established.[7]
- July 7 - Deutsche Reichsbahn accepts delivery of an experimental "V-8" steam locomotive from Henschel & Son's works. Nominally a 2-8-2, the locomotive has four sets of two cylinders in a 90 degree "V" shape on the ends of each drive axle, alternating from side to side. Captured by the Allies, it will be tested in the U.S. before being scrapped in 1952.
- July 11 - Spain's national railway, RENFE, is formed.[8]
- July - Union Pacific Railroad's M-10002 streamliner trainset is removed from active service on the City of Portland and placed in storage.
August events
September events
October events
November events
December events
Unknown date events
Deaths
February deaths
April deaths
Unknown date deaths
Notes and References
- Jennie. Street. Drewry routes from the Sudan. The Narrow Gauge. 198. 2007. 26–7.
- Book: Davies, W.J.K.. Diesel Rail Traction. Almark. London. 1973. 0-85524-128-4.
- News: Supreme Court ends railroad discrimination, April 28, 1941. Politico. April 28, 2009. Glass, Andrew. April 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090502011002/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21755.html. 2 May 2009 . live.
- Book: Remember the Portland, Maine Trolleys . Robertson, Edwin B. . Robertson Books . 1982 . 12.
- Web site: Significant dates in Canadian railway history . Colin Churcher's Railway Pages . February 9, 2007 . May 22, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070527212157/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm . 27 May 2007 . dead .
- Book: Aspenberg, Nils Carl. Glemte spor: boken om sidebanenes tragiske liv . Nils Carl Aspenberg . 1994 . Baneforlaget . Oslo . no . 82-91448-00-0. 76.
- Web site: History . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html . 2023-06-05 . 2024-07-13 . tokyometro.jp.
- Book: Comisión Oficial para la Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Ferrocarril en España. Cien años de ferrocarril en España, 1. Comisión. Madrid. 1948.
- Book: Two Feet to the Lakes . Jones, Robert C. . Pacific Fast Mail . 1993 . 0-915713-26-8 . 194.
- Web site: Erie Railroad presidents. March 15, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050318171642/http://erierr.railfan.net/eriepres.html. 18 March 2005 . dead.
- Book: Tourret, R.. War Department Locomotives. Tourret. Abingdon. 1976. Allied Military Locomotives of the Second World War, Book 1. 0-905878-00-0.
- Book: Balkwill, Richard. Marshall, John. John Marshall (railway historian). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats. 6th. Enfield. Guinness Publishing. 1993. 0-85112-707-X.
- Book: Yenne, Bill. 1985. The history of the Southern Pacific. Bonanza. New York.
- Web site: Sacramento Northern Railway. 15 September 2012. OB&E. Levy. Daniel. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130110065505/http://www.oberail.org/page/sacramento_northern/. 10 January 2013.
- Web site: December 9, 2004 . [Sir] Herbert Nigel Gresley ]. February 9, 2005 . steamindex.com .
- Web site: Sir Josiah Charles Stamp (later Lord Stamp of Shortlands) . steamindex.com . August 22, 2007 .
- Web site: Dieffenbacher, Jane . 2002 . Mather Family of Fairfield, NY . March 24, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050221111011/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/fairfield/matherfamily.html . February 21, 2005 . dead .